Pensions, Multiemployer Plan, Arbitration

Third Circuit Validates Pension Plan’s Right to Revise Withdrawal Liability Assessment and Its Enforcement in Federal Court

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 4/23/2025

In Central States, Se. & W. Areas Pension Fund v. Laguna Dairy, S. de R.L. de C.V., No. 23-3206 (3d Cir. 2025 Mar. 27, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) reversed the district...more

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Notes That Review of Arbitration Awards Under the MPPAA is “Notably Less Deferential” than under...

Carlton Fields on 12/9/2022

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court’s order confirming an arbitration award under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (the “MPPAA”), noting in...more

Third Circuit Affirms $96 Million Withdrawal Liability Award Against Renco

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 9/2/2021

In a major win for the Steelworkers Pension Trust (SPT), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld an award totaling $96 million in withdrawal liability and additional statutory penalties against the Renco Group,...more

PBGC Adopts AAA’s Amended Withdrawal Liability Arbitration Rules

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 12/13/2019

Beginning January 1, 2020, the American Arbitration Association (AAA) will: (i) reduce filing fees charged to parties initiating arbitrations of withdrawal liability disputes; (ii) change how costs of arbitrations are...more

PBGC Approves Revisions To AAA’s Withdrawal Liability Arbitration Rules; Employer Fees Reduced

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/12/2019

For years, steep arbitration fees have made many employers think twice about contesting a questionable withdrawal liability determination. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) approval of a lower fee schedule may...more

AAA Amends Withdrawal Liability Arbitration Rules to Obtain PBGC Approval

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/10/2019

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) significantly altered its rules for multiemployer pension plan arbitrations after the Pension Benefit Guaranty Board (PBGC) and several public comments raised concerns about the...more

Arbitrator Slashes Annual Withdrawal Liability Payments in Underfunded Multiemployer Pension Plan Dispute

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/9/2016

Employers who cease contributing to an ERISA multiemployer pension plan are liable for their allocable share of any underfunding, or “withdrawal liability.”...more

The Seventh Circuit Refers Issue Of Scope Of Arbitration To Arbitrators

Carlton Fields on 11/7/2014

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that it lacked jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal of an order that would direct the arbitrator to include year 2008 in a pending arbitration proceeding brought under the...more

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